nada tawfik- cast of popular shows. thank you | very much. nada tawfik reporting.o minutes off the previous record — winning the berlin marathon in two hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds. she put her success down to hard training but was also quick to praise her new state—of—the—art trainers, which cost £400 and have reopened the debate over shoe technology, asjoe wilson reports. berlin marathon. astonishing feat. tigist assefa broke the women's world record by two minutes and 11 seconds. she, of course, made it happen. but significantly, she thanked the shoe. the lightest she's ever worn, she said. could be yours for £1100. the design — latest foam cushioning, 39 mm heel — complies with regulations. but is it the shoes now breaking the barriers? commentator: the italian 10,000 metre champion is beaten. - the 1980s was a golden era for british running. tim hutchings raced then — bronze in the european championships 5000 metres. commentator: hutchings gets the medal he deserves... - he commentated on sunday's berlin marathon, and spoke to mejust before he flew home. w

nada tawfik, bbc news, new york.eirfamilies can't afford to buy a bed. a survey for the charity found that 6%, or more than 1 in 20, children in britain, did not have a bed in the past 12 months, while 9%, oralmost1 in 10, had been forced to share a bed with another family member. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. we had the mattress there. and then we had the chair there, because some nights i'd sleep on the chair. and this is what the mattress was on, so it was very cold. for three months last winter, 16—year—old ash slept on a mattress in this room with her nine—year—old sister, while her mum slept on the sofa. you've got a sore back, you've got a sore neck. like, you can't really move much of a night—time, because the second you move, you've lost all your heat. but also, like, mentally, it's draining, because you're not getting the proper sleep that you need. the family couldn't afford to heat their home so gathered in the one room to keep warm. ash's bed had broken years earlier, so had

nada tawfik, bbc news, new york.police in the uk have arrested a man in his 60s in connection to the cutting down of the world—famous sycamore gap tree. the landmark was cut down overnight on wednesday. the tree was beloved by locals and visitors alike, and featured in the film robin hood: prince of thieves, starring kevin costner. a 16—year—old boy was arrested on thursday and has since been released on bail. that's all from us here in washington. i'm caitriona perry. we'll leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleagues there. thank you so much for watching. stay with us on bbc news. take care. hello. we may be officially into autumn but a little dose of summer on the way for some of us over the next few days — notjust here in the uk, but widely across europe. and, in fact, temperatures are expected to reach the 30s in spain, france, in the uk — even mid 20s expected in the south in the days ahead. now, at the moment, there is a little weather front heading our way. that is going to br

nada tawfik, bbc news, new york.of the scottish national party, who was removed by her constituents after she broke covid lockdown rules. the labour leader sir keir starmer has been there today, hoping his party can win it back from the snp. from there, nick eardley reports. this contest not far from the centre of glasgow is an illustration of a crucial tussle come the next general election. yes, there are lots of candidates standing here, and all of the focus is on the battle between labour and the scottish national party. are labour reviving in races for westminster seats in scotland? the contest has come about after the former mp, who was elected on an snp ticket, acknowledged that she had broken the covid rules by getting a train from london to glasgow when she had covid, and when she knew she had covid. she has pleaded guilty to that but what has done for her politically is what is known as a recall petition, the first one in scotland, with folk here demanding a by—election. i was adhering to the covid rules. me

nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. announced major changes to the government's environmental pledges. he said a new approach to net zero was needed to help families struggling with the rising cost of living. speaking in downing street, mr sunak announced that a ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars will be introduced in 2035 instead of 2030. the scrapping of gas boilers, to be replaced by heat pumps will also be delayed until 2035. but the prime minister says he remains committed to reaching net zero by 2050. so i'm interested in the right long—term thing for the country and actually bringing people along with me and minimising those costs on families. and that's why i think what we're announcing today — it is a break from the past. it is a change. it's a different way to approach these decisions. live now to aoife foley who's the chair in net zero at the university of manchester. good morning to you. there has been very mixed reaction to all of this and we will be looking in detail at what business leaders are say

nada tawfik in new york.liamentarians that the bank is "much nearer" to ending its long run of interest rate rises. but he's warned they may not have yet peaked due to ongoing stubborn inflationary pressures. in particular he seems to be concerned about how wage bargaining might feed further inflation. the bank rate is now 5.5% upon the last rise injuly, the highest rate in over 15 years. us energy companies have reportedly been asked to prepare affidavits documenting how mexico's protectionist policies disrupted their investments, according to people familiar with the discussions. american power companies, such as chevron and marathon petroleum, have complained they've been denied simple permits when trying to expand into mexico. the request is the latest sign the biden administration plans to seek an independent dispute settlement panel under the united states mexico canada agreement trade pact. around the world and across the uk, you were watching bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from acr

our correspondent nada tawfik is in new york where many of the us entertainment networks are based.rn. it will provide a bit of normality for american viewers on television, but they will still be seeing reruns of those scripted series that relies on actors. films that have been on pause will continue to do so until there is a resolution with the screen actors guild. now, keep in mind, they went on strike injuly, joining the writers — the first time the two have done so since the 19605. and in all of that time, the studios haven't engaged in negotiations with the screen actors guild. so, there's now hope that given the resolution, the tentative deal with the writers, that could help speed things along. and there's a lot of pressure because unless that is done soon, it could put into jeopardy next year's box office season. now, certainly for the screen actors, it's similar concerns as the writers, but they are also asking for a 2% share of profits for the cast of popular shows. let's now get you a few highlights from the ongoing asian games. india have set the first world record in s

mercedes—benz and other things of value for the senator and his wife. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfikt these three criminal charges, prosecutors alleged that from the year as of 2018 to 2022 that bob menendez got hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and luxury vehicle. they say they even recover gold bars where of hundreds of thousands in his safe when the fbi conducted a search. and they say this is all an exchange to enrich and protect three businessmen in new jersey and to try to help the egyptian government. now, they say that he tried to pressure the department of agriculture to help one of the businessmen who was, who owned a monopoly that the egyptian government had helped them secure. they say the businessmen where facing separate investigations with the department ofjustice and menendez had tried to use his influence there to protect those gentlemen in those probes. they also allege that he passed on secret us government information to the egyptian government officials. so these are incredibly serious charges, saying that he used his power and that the public officials

airbnb has said the change will be bad for tourism. 0ur correspondent nada tawfik in new york has then short—term rentals in new york. thousands of bookings across various sites, not just bookings across various sites, notjust airbnb, will no longer be able to offer stays of less than 30 days unless property owners have registered with the mayor of�*s office, so as last month airbnb estimated there were 15,000 hosts with active listings for those short—term stays, while only 260 registration applications had been approved by the city so far, and those new restrictions are things like hosts must be physically present during the stay and no more than two guests are permitted at a time. those who do not follow the new rules could be fined up to $5,000, and for those wondering what this means for them, well, airbnb�*s existing reservations for sties that start after december the 2nd will be cancelled and guest will receive refunds. new york is just the latest in a series of cities that have enacted strict regulations. revenue from the big apple makes up barely 1% of the company's $8.4 bil

airbnb has said the change will be bad for tourism. 0ur correspondent nada tawfik in new york has theerm rentals in new york. thousands of bookings across various sites — notjust airbnb — will no longer be able to offer stays of less than 30 days, unless property owners have registered with the mayor's office. so whereas last month, for example, airbnb estimated that there were 15,000 hosts with active listings for those short—term stays — well, only 260 registration applications have been approved by the city so far. and those new restrictions are things like hosts must be physically present during the stay, and no more than two guests are permitted at a time. now, those who do not follow the new rules could be fined up to $5,000. and for those wondering what this means for them — well, airbnb's existing reservations for stays that start after december 2nd will be cancelled, and guests will receive refunds. now, new york is just the latest in a series of cities that have enacted strict regulations. and revenue from the big apple makes up barely 1% of the company's $8.4 billion annual

the bbc�*s nada tawfik has more.longer the head of the senate foreign relations committee. of course, he has been here before. six years ago, he was also forced to resign because of a separate bribery case. in act i, a jury was deadlocked and he was eventually acquitted. what we have here today, though, is a separate bribery case involving three newjersey businessmen. apparently these are men that were his friends that were big fundraisers for him and he tried to nap only enrich one of them, but to shield two others from law enforcement prosecutions and investigations. prosecutors in new york also alleged that he tried to help the egyptian government by passing on sensitive information to their officials. now, of course, senator menendez has come out and said that these are baseless allegations. he intends to fight them. he will continue for now in his senate seat. prosecutors say that the fbi found gold bars, envelopes full of cash and suitjackets and make searched his home. a dozen blips of cash had the fingerprint

a short while ago, i spoke to our north america correspondent nada tawfik, on the latest developmentsink prime minister trudeau, when really pressed on what the evidence was, he wouldn't be sidetracked from the fact that this is an ongoing investigation, but he said that deciding to come public with these allegations was done with the utmost seriousness. and he said that the evidence was credible, that it needed to be taken seriously by notjust canadians, but by the world. but so far, we've seen notjust those dismissals by india calling the claims absurd, but we've really seen a muted response from some of canada's allies here alongside the halls here of the un general assembly as well. and so i actually asked the prime minister about that, about that fact, that with india's kind of growing ties to the west as they try to court india as a country of growing influence, whether he felt that was affecting support he was getting from its allies. and he said quite frankly that, look, india is a growing power, and it's a country that we're going to have to continue to work with. and he said

the bbc�*s nada tawfik is in new york.sustainable developing goals. what might that entail? weill. goals. what might that entail? well, leaders adapted _ goals. what might that entail? well, leaders adopted this _ goals. what might that entail? -ii leaders adopted this political declaration, and in this 12 page document, they set out a lot of bold action items that they are hoping to achieve. that will certainly take a lot of commitment. some of the things that they have signed on to is this idea by the secretary—general to have $500 billion a year to help with reaching these goals. he calls it an sdg stimulus plan. the secretary �*s general wants things like a reform of the financial system. he says imf needs to be reformed to meet with the realities of today's global economy. and then, he wants developing nations to have access to better things like debt relief. we know that so much of a money often does go to debt relief, forgiveness, so it really stops them from being able to invest in their own countries' development

including mr menendez and his wife — are expected to appear in court on wednesday. 0ur correspondent, nada tawfikger the head of the senate foreign relations committee. of course, he has been here before. six years ago, he was also forced to resign because of a separate bribery case. in that one, a jury was deadlocked and he was eventually acquitted. what we have here today, though, is a separate bribery case involving three newjersey businessmen. apparently, these are men that were his friends that were big fundraisers for him. and he tried to not only enrich one of them, but to shield two others from law enforcement prosecutions and investigations. prosecutors in new york also allege that he tried to help the egyptian government by, in part, passing on sensitive information to their officials. now, of course, senator menendez has come out and said that these are baseless allegations. he intends to fight them. he will continue for now in his senate seat. prosecutors say that the fbi found gold bars, envelopes full of cash in his suitjackets when they searched his home. and those envelopes of cas

live now to our reporter nada tawfik. so what do we know about this incident? ,, ., ., . incident?le police department _ incident? the seattle police department have _ incident? the seattle police department have now- incident? the seattle police department have now said i incident? the seattle police i department have now said this footage — department have now said this footage was discovered in the routine — footage was discovered in the routine course of business, that on him ploy— routine course of business, that on him ploy of— routine course of business, that on him ploy of the department had discovered it, was concerned by and fi-ht discovered it, was concerned by and fight it_ discovered it, was concerned by and fight it up— discovered it, was concerned by and fight it up to a superior. and they say the _ fight it up to a superior. and they say the nature of those statements have now _ say the nature of those statements have now been flagged for an investigation. that investigation is going _ investigation. that investigation is going to _ investigation. that investigation

nada tawfik is in new york. to me, it looks tantamount to a ban.e, but the restrictions include the host having to be present during the entire stay. they're limiting it to just two guests in each rental. when you look at hosts who want to continue, they said these are severe restrictions. already, if you look, the numbers of postings on airbnb — there was 15,000 hosts last month with several listing. now the city has only approved registrations for 260 properties so far. this will be a long process and it will greatly impact anyone who is coming to look for properties for short—term stays in the city and certainly for hosts. i'm reading a quote on social media, someone reacting to the story. "speaking as a vancouver resident, the sounds reasonable to me." to the 67% of new yorkers who are renters will applaud the decision. keep 67% of new yorkers who are renters will applaud the decision.— will applaud the decision. keep in mind that this _ will applaud the decision. keep in mind that this has _ will applaud the decision. keep in mind that this ha

let's get more from our north america correspondent nada tawfik. what more do we know?essman. one was to enrich him, help him with a company he had a monopoly over with the egyptian government. the others, he allegedly helped them to protect them from law enforcement prosecutions. those are some of the allegations that go along with the businessmen he is accused of helping. they were big fundraising friends of his. prosecution also alleged he passed on sensitive information from the us government to egyptian official. mick information from the us government to egyptian official.— to egyptian official. mick mulvaney, the reason they _ to egyptian official. mick mulvaney, the reason they cannot _ to egyptian official. mick mulvaney, the reason they cannot get - to egyptian official. mick mulvaney, the reason they cannot get bill - the reason they cannot get bill through because of the divided government on the hill, the democrats have the senate by two and so when you get events like this, it is big news. a senator, twice indicted, the republicans have skeletons in their

nada tawfik is in new york and explains what's changing.kings across various sites, notjust airbnb, will no longer be able to offer stays of less than 30 days unless property owners have registered with the mayor's office. so, whereas last month, for example, airbnb estimated that there were 15,000 hosts with active listings for those short—term stays, while only 260 registration applications have been approved by the city so far. and those new restrictions are things like hosts must be physically present during the stay, and no more than two guests are permitted at a time. now, those who do not follow the new rules could be fined up to $5000. and for those wondering what this means for them, well, airbnb's existing reservations for stays that start after december 2 will be cancelled and guests will receive refunds. new york is just the latest in a series of cities that have enacted strict regulations, and revenue from the big apple makes up barely 1% of the company's $8.4 billion annual revenue, so experts say this won't drastically impact